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Angsana Techatassanasoontorn, Academic; Banchong Mahaisavariya (born 1955), President of Mahidol University; Bongkosh Rittichainuwat, Researcher; Boonlua Debyasuvarn (1911–1982), Educator
Because family names are relatively new in Thai society, dating only to 1913, Thai people are primarily known by their given names. According to Segaller, some Thai who have been friends for long periods of time do not know their friends' family names, and "The first-name habit is so deeply ingrained in Thai society".
Names of people in this category are sorted by given name, according to Thai practice. The sortkey of this category is maintained by User:cewbot . This category and its subcategories lists people of Thai nationality (as opposed to ethnicity).
The word Siam may probably originate from the name of Lord Krishna, also called Shyam, which the Khmers used to refer to people in the Chao Phraya River valley settled surrounding the ancient city of Nakhon Pathom in the present-day central Thailand, and the Wat Sri Chum Inscription, dated 13th century CE, also mentions Phra Maha Thera Sri ...
Under Thai law, only one family can create any given surname: any two people of the same surname must be related, and it is very rare for two people to share the same full name. In one sample of 45,665 names, 81% of family names were unique. [18]
Names of people in this category are sorted by given name, according to Thai practice. ... Pages in category "People from Bangkok"
Names of people in this category are sorted by given name, according to Thai practice.
Thailand, [i] officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), [ii] is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, [8] it spans 513,115 square kilometres (198,115 sq mi). [9]